Plans passed spell revenue

I notice that the Conservative led Ealing Council has given planning permission for a three-storey (ground floor,first and second floor) residential care home to be built on the derelict Litten Tree public house site in Oldfield Lane South, Greenford.

I NOTICE that the Conservative led Ealing Council has given planning permission for a three-storey (ground floor,first and second floor) residential care home to be built on the derelict Litten Tree public house site in Oldfield Lane South, Greenford.

This was the second application and which, on close scrutiny, seems to be very little changed from the first application, which was rejected by Ealing Council.

As Friends of the Litten Nature Reserve,we looked at the plans and asked for various 'buffer zones' between the development and existing boundary fence.

We understood that a precedent for this arrangement was established when a development was pursued next to the existing nature reserve in Perivale.

We also commented on the fact that this three-storey development is not in sympathy with the Litten Nature Reserve and the surrounding area.

However, it seems that the preservation and conservation of the environment takes a poor second place to getting developments built and the resulting income from such into council coffers.